Month: August 2019
Specific Traits Key to Predicting Oral Appliance Efficacy
As oral appliance therapy continues to gain respect across the health care continuum, predictors of treatment outcomes are emerging. Small and detailed physiological studies that look at OSA en...
Massive Insomnia Spike Among Members of the Military
Results of a multi-year study by the Sleep Research Society concluded that insomnia rates soared among combat soldiers from 1997 to 2011, spiking considerably after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. A...
Caltech: Serotonin Linked to Sleep Pressure
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA PASADENA, CA – Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, Calif, have found that serotonin is necessary for s...
Close to a Billion With Sleep Apnea? Analysis Spotlights Latest Estimates
A ResMed-led analysis published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (July 2019) estimates that more than 936 million people have obstructive sleep apnea. As summarized in news-medical.net and el...